Where has the year gone?

I can't believe it is already November? What happened to this year? Between my last post of Miss L party and today so much has happened. Mason also had a birthday and of course the first thing he likes to remind me is that in less than a year he will be a Deacon :( Huge sigh I'm not ready for that! The kids and I made a deal last year after Mason got shorted on his Birthday party by just having a home party however if you ask me it was a pretty cool Amazing Race party. Anyways we agreed that Friend birthday parties would alternate between years that way mom only had to figure out how to fund one birthday party just before Christmas so this year was Laken's party and Mason just had a small Family dinner and of course he is already making big plans for his 12th next year. Ugh!
I can't believe either of my kids are as grown up as they are already? Where has the time gone. Life has been nuts these days with my insanity of going back to school full time, working full time, and trying to maintain my church calling although I have tried every attempt to get out of that deal some how it is still not working. I quess I can sleep when I'm dead? I can't believe that I only have a few more weeks of this semister and then it is time to start again. CRAZY of course I had to pick the most intense program at LDSBC to take not knowing the Interior Design and drafting were the schools most intense programs. I just thought I got to play in picking fabrics and colors. Boy was I wrong. I am so thankful for understanding even children and a mother who helps me out when it comes to picking the kids up if I need her too because lord knows I can't can't on anyone else for that. I can't even count on him to take care of his monthly duties but, once again this should not be a new concept for me. I have to just try and remind myself that when I feel exhausted and over whelmed with life and school the flake that I have to deal with is why I'm doing what I'm doing so that I can better the lives of my kids. It may be a very long few years but I am so lucky to be able to do it.